Amazon has hired 3,000+ HQ2 workers so far
So far, Amazon.com Inc. has hired more than 3,000 of the 25,000 employees it plans to recruit by 2030 for its multibillion-dollar HQ2 East Coast headquarters in Arlington, the global online retailer announced Wednesday. In 2019, the Virginia General Assembly passed an incentive package that would pay Amazon up to $550 million in grants for […]
Richmond consulting firm hires SVP of data and analytics
Richmond-based IT consulting firm UDig has hired Reid Colson as its senior vice president of data and analytics, it announced Tuesday. “With Reid on our team, we are excited to help clients seize opportunities, from creating a single version of the truth to driving value via predictive analytics and machine learning,” said Andy Frank, UDig […]
Tech Innovation Campus sets groundbreaking for Sept. 14
Virginia Tech is set to break ground Sept. 14 on the first building for its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Alexandria. National Geographic Society Chairman Jean Case, wife of American Online co-founder Steve Case, will be the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony. A graduate school for computer science and computer engineering students, the Innovation […]
Arlington tech contractor acquires Herndon software company
Arlington-based national security technology contractor Two Six Technologies announced Tuesday its first acquisition, of Herndon-based software and analytics company Trusted Concepts Inc. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “I’m absolutely thrilled to welcome Trusted Concepts into the Two Six team,” Two Six Technologies CEO Joe Logue said in a statement. “Trusted Conce[...]
Herndon tech company gets $184M IRS contract
Herndon-based cloud services provider ViON Corp. has been awarded a $184 million contract with the Internal Revenue Service, the company announced Wednesday. ViON will perform work under the IRS’s Managed Infrastructure Data Service program. It will provide managed services to reengineer, maintain and operate the IRS’s storage and compute infrastructure environment with on-site, infras[...]
AT&T and NOVA launch IT apprenticeship program
AT&T has created an IT apprenticeship program with Northern Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the company announced Tuesday. The two-year program will offer students information technology training and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training in technical, soft skills, lab work and related skills. They will earn five industry certifications in […]
McLean-based Appian acquires Germany’s Lana Labs
McLean-based cloud computing company Appian Corp. has acquired Germany’s Lana Labs, developer of the artificial intelligence-driven LANA process mining platform, the company announced on Aug. 5. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the addition of Lana’s native process mining capabilities, Appian will be able to expand its low-code automation suite, which allows [&helli[...]
ASGN Inc. acquires Fairfax consulting firm
Richmond-based ASGN Inc., a Fortune 1000 provider of IT and professional services, acquired Fairfax-based Enterprise Resource Performance Inc., a health care consulting and data analytics firm that delivers federal healthcare transformation services, ASGN announced Thursday. ERPi’s 250 consultants will become part of ECS, ASGN’s Fairfax-based federal contracting subsidiary. ERPi was founde[...]
McLean-based IntelliBridge LLC acquires Arlington’s U. Group
McLean-based tech contractor IntelliBridge LLC has acquired Arlington-based technology solutions firm U.Group, the company announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “U.Group’s team of creative and innovative technology experts solidifies our position in the digital solutions marketplace,” IntelliBridge President and CEO Cass Panciocco said in a statement[...]
Arlington’s Sage Management acquired by S.C. firm
Sage Management, an Arlington-based telecommunications software company, has been acquired by Charleston, South Carolina-based SIB Fixed Cost Reduction, SIB parent company O2 Investment Partners announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. “Sage introduces a new adjacency that transforms SIB’s telecom cost-reduction capabilities,” SIB CEO Kevin Flounders sa[...]
Clarabridge to be acquired by Utah firm in $1.13B deal
Reston-based software company Clarabridge Inc. is being acquired by Provo, Utah-based data analytics firm Qualtrics International Inc. in a nearly $1.13 billion all-stock deal, the companies announced Thursday. Clarabridge’s platform uses artificial intelligence to provide conversational analytics — it is able to analyze customer feedback from indirect sources like social media, emails, suppor[...]
Peraton lands $130M DOD contract
Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton Inc. has received a five-year contract worth up to $130 million to assist the Department of Defense with modernizing computer applications to determine benefits eligibility, it announced Thursday. Under the Entitlements and Benefits Application Modernization and Sustainment program, Peraton will help the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) upgrade[...]